Essential Teachings Special: Awakening Right ...

Originally aired June 23, 2022. In this podcast, Eckhart talks about overcoming obstacles to conscious creativity. He explains we may have a vision of what we’d like to create, but when we try to express ourselves the ego kicks up resistance. Eckhart says we feel attacked by inne ...  Show more

Originally aired June 16, 2022. In this episode Eckhart leads a short meditation and then answers a question about our fear of suffering. Eckhart says suffering plays an important role in the evolution of our consciousness. He says without it, we would not grow in awareness. Eckh ...  Show more

“We don’t have absolute choice to choose our situations, but we have been given the freedom to choose our experience.” –Sadhguru For many, life seems to be a pretty rotten deal. In this talk, Sadhguru states that human beings have the unique gift of being able to suffer even a g ...  Show more

"Just as we are wired to be in connection with each other, we are wired with an impulse to help, with an instinct for compassion." —Deb Dana, author of Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory Empathy in action. While to empathize with another is a goo ...  Show more

We've been taught to chase happiness like it's the ultimate prize, but what if that pursuit is leading us in the wrong direction? In this episode, we explore the idea that happiness is often fleeting, overrated, and even distracting from what truly matters. Instead of fixating on ...  Show more

In this episode, I explore Meditations 3.10, where Marcus Aurelius reminds himself—and us—that we only ever live in the present moment. He urges us to remember three things: life is short, the space we occupy is small, and fame is fleeting. But why does he emphasize this? Because ...  Show more